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Earning a CISSP certification requires 4 years of security related business experience, or 3 years of experience plus a college degree or 2 years plus a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Information Security. The certification test takes up to 6 hours to complete, and covers 10 different information security domains which comprise the Common Body of Knowledge.

The Common Body of Knowledge includes:

• Access Control Systems & Methodology
• Applications & Systems Development
• Business Continuity Planning
• Cryptography
• Law, Investigation & Ethics
• Operations Security
• Physical Security
• Security Architecture & Models
• Security Management Practices
• Telecommunications, Network & Internet Security

External Links

• ISC²
• CCCure
• ISC² Definition of a Professional